ISO/TS TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3550-3 First edition 2015-10-01 Cigarettes Determination of loss of tobacco from the ends - Part 3: Method using a vibro-bench Cigarettes - Determination de la perte de tabac par les extrémites - Partie 3: Meéthode utilisant une plateforme vibrante Reference number IS0/TS 3550-3:2015(E) ISO @IS02015 IS0/TS3550-3:2015(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ IS0 2015, Published in Switzerland All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or Iso's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Ch. de Blandonnet 8 . CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel.+4122 749 0111 Fax +4122 749 09 47 [email protected] www.iso.org @ IS0 2015 - All rights reserved Copvriaht Inte IS0/TS3550-3:2015(E) Contents Page Foreword .iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. ..1 2 Normative references ..1 3 Principle .1 4 Apparatus ..1 5 Sampling. ..4 6 Procedure ...4 6.1 Conditioning of test sample .4 6.2 Testportion ..4 6.3 Determination .4 7 Calculation of specific tobacco fallout values .5 7.1 End-relatedtobacco fallout ..5 7.2 Area-related tobacco fallout. ..5 8 Test report ..5 Annex A (informative) Analysis for the calculation of the number of cigarettes .7 Annex B (informative) Example of counting tray .8 sn to? Standardizann rights reserved iii